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A team of Sherpas and scientists installs the world's highest weather station on Mount Everest
A team of Sherpas and scientists recently set a world record when they installed the world's highest weather station just 39 meters below the summit of Mount Everest. The grueling task was undertaken by 31-year-old el...
Updated: 39 months ago2 min read
A team of Sherpas and scientists recently set a world record when they installed the world's highest weather station just 39 meters below the summit of Mount Everest.
The grueling task was undertaken by 31-year-old electrician and mountain guide Tenzing Gyalzen Sherpa as part of National Geographic and Rolex's Return to Everest expedition in May 2022 to replace the station, which was destroyed seven months after it was installed. in 2019
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Located at 8,810 meters (28,904 feet), the new record-breaking weather station will help scientists study the little-known subtropical jet stream. It will also collect data on regional high-altitude climate variables that affect glacier activity and hydrological cycles, and contribute to more accurate weather forecasts, improving the preparedness of climbers.
The Story of a Daring Expedition
The story of the weather station installation begins when Tenzing climbs Mount Everest with 12 other Sherpas and scientists to replace a weather station destroyed by strong winds.Interestingly, several Sherpas were part of a previous expedition to set up the first station in 2019. Stations. Construction of a new, more durable one was led by climate researchers Tom Matthews and Baker Perry, who faced winds of up to 40 mph and temperatures as low as -40°C. It was built on a site called Bishop Rock, named after mountaineer Barry Bishop and chosen by Tenzing when he wanted to collect the pieces of the destroyed station in 2021.
With ice cold fingers, the new station began transmitting data before the team completed the second largest station on the South Col.According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Nat Geo-Rolex Expedition was organized by Appalachian State University (USA) in collaboration with King's College London (UK), Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (Government of Nepal), Department of National Parks and Wildlife organizes Conservation (Government of Nepal) and Tribhuvan University (Nepal).
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